Environment

Amihan Brings Rains to Northern Luzon – PAGASA

MANILA (March 7) – The northeast monsoon, locally known as “amihan,” will continue to bring rains over parts of Northern Luzon, according to the Philippine Atmospheric, Geophysical and Astronomical...

BOC Intercepts ₱235-M Undeclared Cigarettes At Batangas Port

MANILA (March 7) --The Bureau of Customs (BOC) intercepted a shipment of undeclared cigarettes during an operation conducted...

Sustainable potato push in DavSur seen to lift upland incomes, protect watershed

DIGOS CITY, Davao del Sur (March 6)  – In the cool uplands of Kapatagan, potato farming is more...

SPMC expansion to 2,500 beds clears House, aims to decongest Davao’s largest hospital

DAVAO CITY (March 6)  — The proposed expansion of the Southern Philippines Medical Center (SPMC) to a 2,500-bed...

83,000 child abuse links blocked in one month — PLDT-Smart flags scale of online threat

MANILA (March 6)  — In just one month, telecom giant PLDT and its wireless arm Smart Communications blocked...
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Davao Oriental marks International Women’s Day with mangrove planting

DAVAO CITY --- In celebration of the International Women's Day, workers from the provincial government and representatives from nongovernment organizations gathered on Wednesday morning...

Strong quakes disrupt two festivals in Davao region

DAVAO CITY --- Two strong eathquakes which shook Davao region and various parts of Mindanao disrupted the 25th Araw ng Tagum...

Magnitude 6.2 quake jolts Mindanao areas

DAVAO CITY --- A Magnitude = 6.2 earthquakes jolted several areas in Mindanao at 2:02 Tuesday afternoon. The Phivilcs in an advisory stated that...

Samal passenger vessel accidentally collides with a Japanese warship at Davao port

DAVAO CITY --- A passenger ship from Samal Island accidentally collided with the docked Japanese warship at Sasa port around 2:00 in...

Banana disease forces planters to shift to corn farming

DAVAO CITY --- Some 150 banana farmers with 50,000 hectares in Davao del Norte have decided to shift into corn farming...

Davao Oriental tightens implementation of envi laws

DAVAO CITY --- The provincial government has tightened the implementation of the environmental policies and regulations in issuing permits to quarry and...
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